Tips, tactics and strategies to help you have a Perfect Workday AND a lighter heart.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Are You a Vampire?

A guy walks into a bar with a set of jumper cables. The bartender looks at him and says, “Ok, don’t come in here and try to start somethin’!”

A friend of mine loves that joke and cackles when she hears it. She says she’s not good at telling jokes but she’s one of those folks who just does or says things and it comes out funny.

People like my friend are energy generators. The people who suck the air out of the room are energy vampires.

You want to stay close to the first type and stay away from the second type.

Here’s a game you can play today. Take a piece of paper and draw a line down the middle. On the left side write the names of energy generators you know. On the other side write the names of energy vampires.

Which group do you spend the most time with?

And here’s the killer question: If some of those people were playing the game which side would they put your name on?

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Mike Collins is president of The Perfect Workday Company, an information company based in The Research Triangle Region of North Carolina. He presents 100+ programs a year for organizations such as IBM, American Express, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals and The John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School and Center.